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I Finally Understood What MCP Actually Does in Claude Code

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When I first started using Claude Code, I treated MCP as another feature I probably didn't need yet. I could already ask Claude to read my code, modify files, run commands, search through a project, and help me debug things. So I kept wondering: Why would I need MCP? After spending more time experi…

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  1. 2026-10-16 15:25 · DEV Community — AI
    I Finally Understood What MCP Actually Does in Claude Code

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